Two recent podcasts by Prof David Denning OneHealthTrust: When fungal infections turn deadly BBC World Service: More or Less (11th March 2023): Do fungal infections kill three times as many people as malaria: Two recent videos for the Aspergillosis...
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Good News: Dr Takanori Furukawa has been awarded the University of Manchester, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion “Perera” Fellowship.
We are delighted to announce that Dr Takanori Furukawa has been awarded the University of Manchester, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion “Perera” Fellowship. In his fellowship project, Dr Furukawa aims to determine the role of epigenetic mechanisms in environmental...
MFIG member Dr Riina Richardson appointed on the ESCMID Education Subcommittee
We are pleased to announce that Dr Riina Richardson was appointed on the ESCMID Education Subcommittee, starting in April 2022. For more information please click here. Related Contact Us Prof Mike Bromley (Centre Director)Email:...
Good News: Dr Can Zhao awarded Alderley Park Accelerator opportunity
Congratulations to Dr Can Zhao, Co-Founder of UoM-MFIG spin-out InPepCide, who has been awarded a place on the full Accelerator Programme, which offers start-up and scale-up support to early stage and growing life science businesses on their journey to success. More...
ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course: Crash course on invasive fungal infections
Online Education Course21 October, 4 November, 18 November 2021Crash course on invasive fungal infectionsCourse Coordinator: Dr Riina Richardson, Manchester, UKRegistration ProcedureRegister on the ESCMID website by 19 October 2021 at...
Changing understanding and treatment of Aspergillus disease globally
The University of Manchester has been named the world's number one university in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings, released on Wednesday, 21 April. For more information, please click here. Treating fungal disease globally is among the many example...
Dr Margherita Bertuzzi Awarded Prestigious Medical Research Council New Investigator Research Grant
We are delighted to announce that Manchester University lecturer Dr Margherita Bertuzzi has been awarded a New Investigator Research Grant by the Medical Research Council (MRC) to study Aspergillus fumigatus-epithelial interactions, how these influence immune...
GAFFI annual report outlines its new strategy – access to diagnostics and antifungals, the centerpiece of its efforts
Global Action Fund For Fungal Infections (GAFFI) annual report outlines its new strategy – access to diagnostics and antifungals, the centerpiece of its efforts Following on from major steps forward since inception in 2013, GAFFI has adjusted its strategy with a new...
MFIG news: Prof Denning elected Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology
Washington, DC – February 16, 2021 – In February, the American Academy of Microbiology (Academy) elected 65 new Fellows to theClass of 2021. Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology, an honorific leadership group within the ASM, are elected annually through a...
MFIG News: Appointment of Director and Deputy Director
MFIG is delighted to announce the appointments of Dr Mike Bromley as Director and Prof David Denning as Deputy Director of MFIG.As a former co-director of MFIG, Mike is an internationally recognised leader in the study of drug resistance and drug discovery in human...
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Prof Mike Bromley (Centre Director)
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Dr Margherita Bertuzzi
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